Tigers @ Yankees
September 16, 1939

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 11 3
Yankees 8 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 11 3
Yankees 8 11 1

Pinky Higgins Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .269
OBP .250 .356
At Bats 4 245
Hits 1 66
• Singles 1 47
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 1 36

Marius Russo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 3
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Yankee Stadium - September 16, 1939
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Out
Marius Russo
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
George Selkirk
Joe DiMaggio
Charlie Keller
Pinky Higgins
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 11 3 9
New York Yankees 8 11 1 7
Winning Pitcher Marius Russo
Losing Pitcher Cotton Pippen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Red Rolfe
Attendance 10,626
Time of Game 2 hours 14 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Higgins hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. Gehringer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Top 9 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti.
Top 9 McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cullenbine tags and scores.
Top 9 Roy Cullenbine pinch hits for Al Benton. Cullenbine hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Cullenbine reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Benton now pitching. Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rolfe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. Dahlgren scores. Crosetti scores.
Bottom 8 Crosetti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Crosetti reaches second base with a double. Gordon scores. Dahlgren moves to third.
Bottom 8 Russo hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dahlgren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Gordon reaches second base with a double. There goes Selkirk trying to get to home. McCosky throws the ball in to Kress who relays the ball to Tebbetts, who tags Selkirk, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 8 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Russo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out. Greenberg moves to third.
Top 8 Higgins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gehringer scores. Greenberg moves to second.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gehringer moves to second.
Top 8 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dickey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg juggles the ball. That's an error on Greenberg.
Bottom 7 Keller hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rolfe tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Rolfe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky who is chasing the ball. Rolfe reaches third base with a triple. Gordon scores. Russo scores. Crosetti goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third. Russo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Russo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Pippen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Selkirk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kress strikes out.
Top 6 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops it up and throws to first, with Russo covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Rolfe takes first base on ball four. Crosetti moves to second.
Bottom 5 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Gehringer.
Bottom 5 Russo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Russo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Selkirk hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dickey strikes out.
Top 4 Pippen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Keller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rolfe moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Russo hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Higgins hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Gordon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 McCosky strikes out.
Top 2 Pippen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 2 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. McCosky moves to second.
Top 1 McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.